The Empire of Kovets is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The democratic population of 2.217 billion Kovetsians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Kovetsian economy, worth 84.7 trillion Sruderins a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,209 Sruderins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kovets's national animal is the White-shouldered Eagle.

Kovets is ranked 55,006^th in the world and 13^th in United Kingdoms of Europe for Safest, scoring 101.49 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.